A mother has urged parents to educate themselves on the symptoms of diabetes after her three-year-old son was rushed to Temple Street Children’s hospital when he stopped eating.
Valerie Moore, from Meath, told how her then three-year-old son Nicholas stopped eating but was always thirsty and constantly vomiting.
Quick-thinking Valerie rushed Nicholas to Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin where he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.